Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-22
CIGARETTES AND PASTRY.
o5s Laying Foundations for Dyspepsia

Boys Laying Foundations for Dyspepsia
Brooklyn Eagle.
zone of the chief causes Of dyspepsia
in school children is pastry" said well
known Brooklyn physician 10 q reporter.
"Schocl children, and more especially
boys, are in the habi. at noon each dgy Of
visiting bakeshOps and there gOrging
themselves with the insidiOus pie, the
delusive tart aud the dest ruCtjye cream
cake. Boys whose ages range from eight
20 fifteen, seldom have good DECISIONS.
Their st0macns, and, in fact, none Of
their organs, are fully developed. TAX
ING these things into consideration. does
il not stand to reason that 8 youths
stomach would naturally rebel Against
such food? The two or three bakeries in
the vicinity OF the Polytechnic and Cen
trail Grammar school are largely patron
iZgC by school children. Pastry TO many
mas the same effect as cigarette smoking.
Indulgence in one or both viii entail no
end OF misery. Have you not seen boys
ia the street who We're stfi cted with
mild form OF St. FitUs' dance? The
youthful victim of cigarettes shows the
effects of the vice in his face. He is ner-
vOus, his eyes witch, ne jerks his shout
ders, and IS seldom seen ia other than q
highly wrought state. If you wish TO
see evidences of what / state, visit the vi
cinity Of Court and Livingston streets
sny day o noOn.h
Acting or the suggestion, the reporter
walked through Livingston street from
Clinton to BoeTum place. 1t was recrea-
ton hour at both the Polytechnic and
| Central Grammar school. Streams Of
bows emerged from both institutions and
1T once made for 9 nejga5OrE2 bakery.
! There they gorged themselves with sweet
meats and pasry Of every description.
/ Wizen-faced little chaps OF twelve and
| fourteen tackled pies nearly IS large as
their hands, while their elder classmates
gave attention to the festive cranberry
tart, the latter being composed IF heavily
sWcetened CTaAberrie5 and partly done
dough. Occasionally one Of the most adj
ventUrCus boys Sneakei Out OF the bakery
and in some secluded spot Hga.eG g
cigarette, which he smoked till The 1880
bell called hm back 10 school. Pastry,
insuliiCieutIy cooked, and cigarettes make
q D9Or combination Fond mothers Won
der why their boys have 70 appetite for
dinner ~ nigh and vEil'y Try to guess
the reason, Did they provide their sons
IN the morning with al amply stocked
lunch cox contaiUilg deicacs2s wAlcH
you'd charm the palate OF the UFchiD
they would fad tina. the latter would have
better spPe,ites for th= evening meal. In
stead, however, many boys sre given SO
much money each morning to pay their
/ expenses for the day. This includes the
price Of luncheon and car fsTe. Business
men sometimes become dyspeptic by eat
ing too fast. but it is unfortunate that
youths and young men just leaving school
should ruin their digestiOns before enter
ing commercial life.
This evil, for such it undoubtedly is,
can be remedied by extending the time
Of the MONDAY recess. In case the
recess be made sixty minutes instead of
thirty, those boys living in the vicinity of
their schools will have time to 90 home
aud thus obtain good, substantial meal
This practice of eating pastry and smoking
cigarettes is perniciOuS and can result in
no good. That the board of education Of
Brooklyn and the residents of the various
sChool districts throughout the city
should give attention to this matter no
one will deny. Good, wholesome beef
and pOtstees are the sustensnCe that
growing boy requires, and il should be
the duty OF both teacher and parent to
see thaJ he receives these articles of diet
ia preference to pie, cake and similar
deleterious food.